1 | | | The Book Hunter |
| Poggio | Braccioline | A book hunter. |
| John XXIII | | The Pope. |
| Baldassare | Cossa | John's XXIII successor. |
| George | | Poggio's colleague. |
2 | | | The Moment Of Discovery |
| Petrarch | | A poet. |
| Cicero | | A Roman statesman. |
| Propertius | | A poet. |
| Quintilian | | A Roman rhetorian. |
| Virgil | | An ancient Roman poet. |
| Ovid | | A Roman poet. |
| Cornelius | Serenus | A Roman epic poet. |
| Saleius | Bassus | A Roman poet. |
| Gaius | Rabirius | A Roman senator. |
| Albinovanus | Pedo | A Roman poet. |
| Marcus | Furius Bibaculus | A Roman poet. |
| Lucius | Accius | A Roman poet. |
| Marcus | Pacuvius | An ancient Roman tragic poet. |
| Lucretius | | A Roman poet and philosopher. |
| Columbanus | | An Irish missionary. |
| Johann | Gutenberg | A German inventor. |
| Uldus | Manutius | A publisher. |
| Bartolome | de Aragazzi | Poggio's companion. |
| Flavius | Vegetius Renatus | A writer of the later Roman Empire. |
| Pompius | Festus | A Roman grammarian. |
| Seneca | | A Roman philosopher. |
| Johann | von Merlau | A ruler. |
| Rabanus | Maurus | A prolific author of Biblical commentaries. |
| Alcuin | | A poet. |
| Tertullian | | A prolific Christian author. |
| Silicus | Italicus | A Latin epic poet. |
| Caligula | | Roman Emperor. |
| Nero | | The last emperor of Julia-Claudian dynasty. |
| Domitian | | Roman Emperor. |
| Pliny | | An author; a lawyer. |
| Manillus | | A Roman poet. |
| Augustus | | A Roman statesman. |
| Tiberius | | Roman Emperor. |
| Homer | | An author. |
| Ammianus | Marcellinus | A Roman soldier and historian. |
3 | | | In Seach of Lucretius |
| Quintus | | A Stoic philosopher. |
| Gaius | Memmius | A Roman orator and poet. |
| Jerome | | A priest. |
| Tennyson | | A British poet. |
| Roque Joaquin | de Alcubierre | A Spanish army engineer. |
| Father Antonio | Piaggio | A conservator from the Vatican. |
| Philodemus | | A Greek philosopher and poet. |
| Sophocles | | A Greek tragedians. |
| Eratosthenes | | A scientist. |
| Aemilius | Paulus | A two-time consul of the Roman Republic. |
| King Perseus | | The King of Macedon. |
| Alexander III | | Known as Alexander the Great- the King of ancient Greek. |
| Philip II | | Alexander the Great's father. |
| Tyrannion | | A grammarian. |
| Serenus | Sammonicus | A physician. |
| Asinius | Pollio | Virgil's friend. |
| Julius | Ceasar | A Roman consul. |
| Pompey | | A military leader. |
| Mark | Antony | A Roman politician. |
| Brutus | | A politician. |
| Plato | | A philosopher. |
| Aristotle | | A Greek philosopher. |
| Epicurus | | A philosopher. |
| Vitruvius | | An ancient writer and an architect. |
| Tacitus | | A historian of the Roman Empire. |
| Tommaso | Staraci | A musical artist. |
| Knut | Kleve | A Norweigian papyrologist. |
| Lucrius | Calpurnius Piso | A powerful politician. |
| Descartes | | A French philosopher. |
| Spinoza | | A Dutch philosopher. |
| Gaius | Cotta | A Roman statesman and orator. |
| Gaius | Villeius | A member of the senate. |
| Gustave | Flaubeit | A French novelist. |
| Marcus | Aurellius | A Roman Emperor. |
| Leucippus | | A Greek philosopher. |
| Democritus | | A Greek philosopher. |
| Ben | Jonson | An English playwright. |
4 | | | The Teeth Of Time |
| Chrysippus | | A Greek Stoic philosopher. |
| Diogenes | Laertius | A biographer of the Greek philosopher. |
| Robert | Hooke | A scientist. |
| Horace | | A Roman poet. |
| Atticus | | Cicerus's friend. |
| Archimedes | | Discovered pi. |
| Galen | | Greek physician. |
| Ptolomey | Philadelphus | An Alexandrian ruler. |
| Zenodotus | | A Greek grammarian. |
| Bryaxis | | A Greek sculptor. |
| Theophilus | | An spiritual leader of the Christian Community. |
| Palladas | | A pagan poet. |
| Cyril | | Theophilus's nephew. |
| Orestes | | Alexandrian governor. |
| Hypatia | | A philosopher. |
| Romulus | Augustulus | The last Roman Emperor. |
| Plautus | | A Roman playwright. |
| Lactantius | | A Christian author. |
| Constantine | | The first Christian Roman Emperor. |
| Peter | Damian | A reforming Benedictine monk. |
| Catherine | von Gebersweiler | A Dominican nun. |
| Henry | Suso | A man who carved the name of Jesus on his chest. |
| Elsbeth | | A nun. |
5 | | | Birth And Rebirth |
| Ghiberti | | An Italian artist. |
| Leon | Battista Alberti | An Italian author, artist, architect. |
| Michelozzi | | An Italian architect. |
| Tomaso | Morroni | A writer. |
| Guccio | | Poggio's father. |
| Lapo | Mazzei | A notary. |
| Michaelle | Frutti | Poggio's maternal grandmother. |
| Jacoba | | Guccio's wife. |
| Luccarus | | Farm owner. |
| Giovanni | Rucellai | A merchant. |
| Francesco | di Marco Datini | An Italian merchant. |
| Averroes | | A philosopher. |
| Giovanni | Boccaccio | An Italian writer. |
| Coluccio | Salutate | An Italian humanist. |
| Giovanni | Malpaghino | Petrarch's personal secretary. |
| Cassiodorus | | A Roman statesman. |
| Leonardo | Bruni | An Italian historian. |
| Manuel | Chrysolaras | A pioneer in the introduction of Greek literature. |
| Niccolo | Niccoli | An Italian critic. |
| Guicciardini | | An Italian historian. |
| Sam | Bernardino | A preacher. |
| Vespaciano | | Niccoli's biographer. |
6 | | | In The Lie Factory |
| Boniface IX | | Head of the Catholic Church. |
| Lapo | Castiglionchio | Petrarch's friend. |
| Shakespeare | | An English poet. |
| Rabelais | | A French writer. |
| Cervantes | | A Spanish writer. |
| Francesco | Filelfo | An Italian humanist. |
| Machiavelli | | An Italian diplomat. |
| George | Trebizond | A Greek philosopher. |
| John A. | Symonds | An English poet. |
| Lorenzo | Valla | An Italian humanist. |
| Alliatti | | Poggio's friend. |
| Martin | Luther | A German professor of Theology. |
| Nicholas V | | A humanist pope. |
| Bartolomeo | de Montepulciano | Poggio's close friend. |
| Julius | Frontinus | A Roman civil engineer. |
| Visconti | | An Italian theater director. |
| Sigismund | | King of Hungary. |
7 | | | A Pit To Catch Foxes |
| Lucullus | | A politician. |
| Ladislas | | King of Naples. |
| Ulrich | Richental | A chronicler of the council of Constance. |
| Pier Paolo | Vergerio | An Italian protestant reformer. |
| Concio | Rustici | A Roman humanist. |
| Zomino | da Pistoia | An Italian humanist. |
| Benedetto | da Piglio | A humanist. |
| Biagio | Guasconi | A humanist. |
| Francesco | Zaba | A humanist. |
| Alamano | Adimari | A humanist. |
| Branda | da Castiglione | An Italian humanist. |
| Milan B. | della Capra | An archbishop. |
| Francesco | Pizzolpasso | Milan Bartolomeo's successor. |
| Jan | Hus | A Czech's priest. |
| John | Wyeliffe | An English philosopher. |
| Angelo | Roncalli | A Freemason. |
| Leonardo | Aretino | An Italian scholar. |
| Guarino | | An architect. |
| Donatello | | An Italian sculptor. |
| Francesco | Barbaro | Poggio's friend. |
8 | | | The Way Things Are |
| Galileo | | An astronomer. |
| George | Santayana | A philosopher. |
| W. | B. Yeats | An Irish poet. |
| John | Dryden | A poet. |
| Botticellis | | An Italian painter. |
9 | | | The Return |
| Michelangelo | | An Italian sculptor and artist. |
| Isaac | Voss | A Dutch scholar. |
| Cardinal | Zabarella | Cossa's principal allies. |
| Henry | Beaufort | Bishop of Winchester. |
| Nonius | Marcellus | A Roman grammarian. |
| Asconius | Pedianus | A historian. |
| Lorenzo | de Medice | An Italian statesman. |
| Niccolo | Albergate | An Italian diplomat. |
| Guillano | Cesarini | A Cardinal. |
| Lucial | Panneli | Poggio's mistress. |
| Pope | Eugenius IV | Martin's V successor. |
| Vaggia de Gino | Buondelmonte | Poggio's wife. |
| Pietro Paulo | | Poggio's eldest son. |
| Giovanni | | One of Poggio's son. |
| Jacopo | | One of Poggio's son. |
| Giovanni | Francesco | One of Poggio's son. |
| Filippo | | Poggio's youngest son. |
| Lucretia | | Poggio's daughter. |
| Tommaso | de Sarzana | A scientist. |
| Carlo | Marsuppini | The chancellor of Florence. |
| Cosimo | de Medici | One of the interlocutors. |
| Antonio | Pollaiolo | An Italian painter. |
| Filippo | Brunelleschi | An Italian architect. |
| Lorenzo | Ghiberti | An Italian artist. |
| Fra | Angelico | An Italian painter. |
| Paolo | Ucello | An Italian painter. |
| Luca | della Robbia | An Italian sculptor. |
| Masaccio | | An artist. |
| Filippo | Lippi | An Italian painter. |
| Pierro | della Francesca | An Italian painter. |
10 | | | Swerves |
| Girolamo | Savonarola | A Dominican monk. |
| Marsilio | Filicino | An Italian scholar and a Catholic priest. |
| Antonio | Raudense | A friar. |
| Aldus | Manutius | A publisher. |
| Filippo | Giunti | A publisher. |
| Pier Candido | Decembrio | An Italian humanist. |
| Michele T. | Marullo | A Greek scholar and poet. |
| Cesare | Borgia | A nobleman. |
| Marcello | Cervini | Head of the Catholic church. |
| Michele | Ghislieri | A commissary general. |
| Thomas | More | Erasmus's friend. |
| Holinshed | | A chronicler. |
| Amerigo | Vespucci | An Italian explorer. |
| Giordano | Bruno | An American monk. |
| Vasta | | Albenzio Savolino's wife. |
| Garcia | Lopez | A tailor. |
| Copernicus | | An astronomer. |
| Thomas | Harriot | Constructed the largest telescope in England. |
11 | | | Afterlives |
| John | Florio | Bruno's friend. |
| Montaigne | | A philosopher. |
| Paul | Quarrie | The librarian of Eton College. |
| Francisco | de Quevedo | A Spanish poet. |
| Rodrigo | Caro | A writer. |
| Thomas | Aquinas | An Italian priest. |
| Urban VIII | | The new Pope. |
| Pietro | Redondi | An Italian scholar. |
| Pierre | Gassendi | A priest. |
| Moliere | | A French playwright. |
| Michel | de Marolles | A prose translator. |
| Alessandro | Marchetti | A mathematician. |
| John | Evelyn | A diarist. |
| Thomas | Creech | A young Oxford educated scholar. |
| Lucy | Hutchinson | Colonel John Hutchinson's wife. |
| Arthur | Annesley | The first Earl of Anglesey. |
| Edmund | Spencer | English poet. |
| Francis | Bacon | An English philosopher and statesman. |
| Thomas | Hobbes | An English philosopher. |
| Isaac | Newton | An English mathematician. |
| Voltaire | | A French writer. |
| Diderot | | A French philosopher. |
| Hume | | An Scottish philosopher. |
| Charles | Darwin | An English naturalist. |
| Albert | Einstein | A theoretical physicist. |
| Thomas | Jefferson | The third President of the United States. |
| John | Adams | The second President of the United States. |